The applications of molecular surface chemistry in heterogeneous catalyst technology, semiconductor-based technology, medical technology, anticorrosion and lubricant technology, and nanotechnology are highlighted in this perspective. The evolution of surface chemistry at the molecular level is reviewed, and the key roles of surface instrumentation developments for in situ studies of the gas-sol...

Transient states maintained by energy dissipation are an essential feature of dynamic systems where structures and functions regulated fluxes matter through chemical reaction networks. Perfected in biology, chemically fueled dissipative networks incorporating nanoscale components allow the unique properties nanomaterials to be bestowed with spatiotemporal adaptability responsiveness. We report ...

The leaching kinetics of smithsonite ore in acetic acid solutions, an environmental friend, and natural reagent was investigated. The influence of parameters such as reaction temperature, particle size, solid-liquid ratio and acid concentration was studied in order to reveal the leaching kinetics of smithsonite ore. In this study, experimental and statistical methods were carried out in order t...

A major computational code called CERV was developed to determine complex equilibrium compositions of a nonideal mixture of numerous imperfect gases and compressible liquid and solid species with phase transitions for closed-vessel applications. This code minimizes Gibbs energy using reaction variables, in contrast to other major codes like BRL-Blake, BRCBagheera and NASA-CEA that use compositi...

Freshly prepared ZnO nanoparticles were used as an effective heterogeneous base catalyst for the synthesis of aryloximes. The conversion of arylaldehydes and arylketones into the corresponding oximes (up to quantitative yields) was achieved by simply mixing the liquid reactants and hydroxylamine hydrochloride with ZnO nanoparticles under solvent-free condition. The procedure was carried out und...

The conversion of the cellulose into 5-HMF would experience three steps, cellulose to glycose, glycose to fructose and fructose to 5-HMF. Chloride ion can break down the hydrogen bond in cellucose, chromium can catalyze the isomerization of glycose to fructose, and the high temperature is helpful to cyclohydration of fructose to 5-HMF. In this paper, the sawdust has been directly degraded i...

This paper presents a new rolling circle amplification (RCA) technique using stem-loop primers (SLP). The technique enables detection of target DNA by either linear or exponential amplification (SLP-lRCA and SLP-eRCA) in both liquid and solid phases. For solid-phase detection, SLP-eRCA detects nucleic acids in four steps: (1) covalently immobilize an array of capture probes (CP) on a solid supp...

Freshly prepared ZnO nanoparticles were used as an effective heterogeneous base catalyst for the synthesis of aryloximes. The conversion of arylaldehydes and arylketones into the corresponding oximes (up to quantitative yields) was achieved by simply mixing the liquid reactants and hydroxylamine hydrochloride with ZnO nanoparticles under solvent-free condition. The procedure was carried out und...